In re Mariah A.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Gayle E Roberts, J.), entered on or about August 22, 2012, which denied respondent father’s motion to vacate an order, which, upon his default in failing to appear at the fact-finding hearing, terminated his parental rights on the grounds of abandonment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court properly exercised its discretion in denying respondent’s motion to vacate the order terminating his parental rights upon his default because he failed to demonstrate a reasonable excuse for his absence from the court’s May 17, 2011 proceeding and a…